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Rev. colomb. reumatol ; 24(1): 40-43, ene.-mar. 2017. tab, graf
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: biblio-900850

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RESUMEN La arteritis de Takayasu es una de las vasculitis de grandes vasos que afecta a la aorta y a sus ramas principales, llevando a estenosis arterial y, en ocasiones, a trombosis. También se observa la formación de aneurismas en la circulación general. No tiene un tratamiento específico. La terapia de elección son los corticoides, seguidos de otros inmunosupresores en casos de no lograrse un control adecuado del proceso inflamatorio. Se reporta el caso de un paciente con arteritis de Takayasu, con formación inusual de aneurisma gigante de la arteria pulmonar.


ABSTRACT Takayasu arteritis is a large vessel vasculitis that affects the aorta and its main branches, leadingto arterial stenosis, and occasionally, thrombosis. There is also aneurysm formation in the general circulation. There is no specific treatment. The therapy of choice is corti-costeroids, followed by other immunosuppressants in cases where adequate control of the inflammatory process is not achieved. A case is presented of a patient with Takayasu arteritis and the unusual presence of giant aneurysm of pulmonary artery.


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Humans , Female , Middle Aged , Pulmonary Artery , Takayasu Arteritis , Aneurysm , Vasculitis , Constriction, Pathologic
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